The Beginning of Wisdom, the first novel from future Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Vincent Benét, was published in 1921 just after the author's graduation from Yale University.
Reflecting the influence of F Scott Fitzgerald, the semi-autobiographical work chronicles the coming of age of Philip Sellaby, who, as a young boy, "doesn't know what it is to be bored, has a quantity of humorous vanity, considerable physical recklessness and is beginning to develop from much scattered and unchecked reading an ashamed fierce curiosity in regard to matters of sex."
Reflecting the influence of F Scott Fitzgerald, the semi-autobiographical work chronicles the coming of age of Philip Sellaby, who, as a young boy, "doesn't know what it is to be bored, has a quantity of humorous vanity, considerable physical recklessness and is beginning to develop from much scattered and unchecked reading an ashamed fierce curiosity in regard to matters of sex."
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Hardback Editions
April 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet ISBN: 1-103-94479-7 / 978-1-103-94479-8 Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
July 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet ISBN: 0-548-00785-3 / 978-0-548-00785-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
June 1985 : Hardback
| Title: Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet ISBN: 0-918377-68-4 / 978-0-918377-68-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Russell Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1921 : Hardback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet Publisher: Henry Holt Co. Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet ISBN: 0-217-29068-X / 978-0-217-29068-5 Publisher: General Books LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benét ISBN: 1-103-94462-2 / 978-1-103-94462-0 Publisher: BiblioBazaar Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benét ISBN: 1-103-94465-7 / 978-1-103-94465-1 Publisher: BiblioBazaar Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet ISBN: 1-103-94471-1 / 978-1-103-94471-2 Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet ISBN: 1-59605-058-6 / 9781596050587 (USA edition) Publisher: Cosimo Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom Author(s): Stephen Vincent Benet ISBN: 0-7661-9486-8 / 978-0-7661-9486-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
1922 : Unknown
| Title: The Beginning of Wisdom. A novel Author(s): Stephen Vincent BENÉT Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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